EKS RX is a Swedish auto racing team founded by racing driver Mattias Ekström. The team is competing in FIA World Rallycross Championship since 2014 and entered the team championship in 2015.
In January 2017 it was announced that the team would receive full factory support from Audi Sport for the 2017 World Rallycross Championship. The team had previously been run with assistance from Audi Sport's official suppliers.
On 29 January 2018, team owner Mattias Ekström announced that he would be leaving the DTM series and concentrating on his World RX team. An announcement two days later confirmed that Andreas Bakkerud would be racing for the team in 2018.
After the 2018 season on December 10, EKS announced that it would end its rallycross factory program due to Audi pulling the funding. The team did however make a return in 2019, now as a privateer, with Hungarian driver Krisztián Szabó. Ekström also competed at Spa-Francorchamps, in a technical partnership with JC Raceteknik.
For the 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship, Ekström became a full-time driver for KYB Team JC, finishing runner-up with two wins. His teammate Robin Larsson ranked 6th in points. The partnership was strengthened for the 2021 season, so the team was rebranded KYB EKS JC.KYB EKS JC - FIA World Rallycross Championship Also in 2021, the team partnered with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing to compete at Nitro Rallycross.Foust joins Nitro Rallycross grid with DRR - 20 September 2021
Racing record Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results (key)
Supercar Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 ERX Points2014EKS RX Audi S15 Pontus Tidemand GBR NOR6 BEL2 GER4 ITA6 3rd 5010 Mattias Ekström GBR NOR11 BELGER1 ITA10th2279 Edward Sandström GBR NOR BEL5 GER ITA1214th17
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results (key)
Supercar Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points Teams Points 2014 EKS RX Audi S1 5 Pontus Tidemand POR GBR NOR13 FIN13 SWE10 BEL5 CAN FRA5 GER4 ITA13 TUR ARG 8th 84 N/A N/A 10 Mattias Ekström POR GBR NOR19 FIN SWE1 BEL CAN FRA GER2 ITA TUR ARG 11th 55 79 Edward Sandström POR GBR NOR FIN SWE BEL12 CAN FRA14 GER ITA20 TUR12 ARG 11th 55 80 Markus Winkelhock POR GBR NOR FIN24 SWE BEL CAN FRA GER ITA TUR ARG 57th 0 100 Per-Gunnar Andersson POR GBR NOR FIN SWE BEL CAN FRA GER ITA TUR13 ARG 37th 8 2015 EKS RX Audi S1 5 Edward Sandström POR HOC13 BEL GBR GER SWE CAN NOR FRA BAR TUR ITA ARG 28th 4 5th 258 10 Mattias Ekström POR7 HOC BEL6 GBR2 GER15 SWE1 CAN6 NOR12 FRA5 BAR7 TUR4 ITA ARG2 6th 201 92 Anton Marklund POR17 HOC20 BEL7 GBR14 GER10 SWE25 NOR8 FRA9 BAR15 TUR6 ITA4 ARG11 12th 78 Volkswagen Polo CAN14 Audi S1 177 Andrew Jordan POR HOC BEL GBR GER SWE CAN NOR FRA BAR TUR ITA21 ARG 24th 13 2016 EKS RX Audi S1 5 Mattias Ekström POR7 HOC1 BEL1 GBR1 NOR3 SWE6 CAN8 FRA7 BAR1 LAT2 GER5 ARG5 1st 272 1st 422 57 Toomas Heikkinen POR3 HOC2 BEL16 GBR11 NOR9 SWE9 CAN4 FRA15 BAR9 LAT9 GER9 ARG3 7th 150 2017 EKS RX Audi S1 1 Mattias Ekström BAR1 POR1 HOC1 BEL4 GBR5 NOR4 SWE CAN7 FRA3 LAT2 GER1 RSA3 2nd 255 3rd 380 15 Reinis Nitišs BAR10 POR5 HOC12 BEL13 GBR16 NOR10 SWE18 CAN16 FRA12 LAT11 GER12 RSA18 14th 71 57 Toomas Heikkinen BAR8 POR12 HOC6 BEL9 GBR12 NOR11 SWE14 CAN5 FRA11 LAT8 GER3 RSA11 7th 125 45 Per-Gunnar Andersson BAR POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE15 CAN FRA LAT GER RSA 23rd 2 N/A N/A 51 Nico Müller BAR POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA17 LAT6 GER RSA 17th 13 2018 EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 5 Mattias Ekström BAR6 POR7 BEL5 GBR4 NOR2 SWE6 CAN4 FRA4 LAT2 USA5 GER2 RSA2 2nd 248 2nd 485 13 Andreas Bakkerud BAR3 POR4 BEL6 GBR2 NOR6 SWE2 CAN7 FRA2 LAT8 USA3 GER3 RSA73rd237 51 Nico Müller BAR POR BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT USA GER RSA 19th 10 N/A N/A 2019 EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 40 Mattias Ekström ABU BAR BEL11 GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT RSA 22nd 8 N/A N/A EKS Sport 123 Krisztián Szabó ABU4 BAR12 BEL12 GBR5 NOR12 SWE17 CAN10 FRA9 LAT10 RSA9 10th 91
References
External links
EKS Audi Sport news at The Checkered Flag